diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/spec/yaml-test-runner/run.rb b/elasticsearch-api/spec/yaml-test-runner/run.rb
index c0167c5ec..2c9fe290a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-api/spec/yaml-test-runner/run.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-api/spec/yaml-test-runner/run.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@
 end
 
 options = { host: host, transport_options: transport_options, compression: true }
+options.merge!(
+  {
+    arguments:
+      {
+        retry_on_status: [409],
+        retry_on_failure: 10,
+        delay_on_retry: 60_000,
+        request_timeout: 120
+      }
+  }
+)
 options.merge!({ api_key: ENV['ES_API_KEY'] }) if ENV['ES_API_KEY']
 CLIENT = Elasticsearch::Client.new(options)